On this day in motoring - Friday 13th December 1957

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On This Day
Friday 13th December 1957
64 years ago

Ford built the last of its early two-seat Thunderbirds as public demand sparked a shift to four-seaters. Restyled a year earlier, the ’57 T-Bird featured tail fins, opera windows, and a clean back bumper for better handling, plus a choice of five V-8s including a supercharged 340 hp NASCAR option. For 1958, the first of the so-called “Square Birds” featured twin headlights, a functional hood vent, flat-folding front bucket seats and a choice of convertible or the new hardtop. That marked the end of the classic T-Bird’s carefree, wind-in-the-hair image. Less than six percent of those 1958 four-seaters were convertibles and Thunderbird dropped the ragtop option after 1966.

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